ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- Asif Ali Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on Saturday, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago.The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history , taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline US "war on terror" ally."Democracy talks and everybody hears," Zardari , who had been the clear favourite, said in a short television broadcast hailing his victory in which he pledged to respect the sovereignty of parliament.The statement was a barbed reference to the nearly nine-year rule of Pervez Musharraf, who as an army general made controversial changes to the country's constitution, including the power to dismiss parliament.
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -- Asif Ali Zardari secured a large win in Pakistan's presidential elections on Saturday, capping a remarkable rise from jail, exile and his wife Benazir Bhutto's assassination just nine months ago.
The controversial front-runner swept a poll among lawmakers to become the 14th president in Pakistan's short but turbulent history , taking power in the world's only nuclear-armed Islamic state and frontline US "war on terror" ally.
"Democracy talks and everybody hears," Zardari , who had been the clear favourite, said in a short television broadcast hailing his victory in which he pledged to respect the sovereignty of parliament.
The statement was a barbed reference to the nearly nine-year rule of Pervez Musharraf, who as an army general made controversial changes to the country's constitution, including the power to dismiss parliament.
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